
Category World Records
Verified world-record and elite athletic feats: strength, speed, endurance, and bodyweight records, told through what the science says about how those feats are actually possible.


Four Minutes, Seventeen Seconds, and a Bite Plate: The Marinelli Bend World Record

The Hour Tommy Vu Became the King of Burpees

62 Seconds a Lap, 25 Times Over: Cheptegei’s 10,000m World Record

Parallel to the Ground and Still Pulling: The 30-Rep Front Lever Record

Heaviest Dip in Guinness History Outweighs a Full-Grown Lion

Fifty Years Upside Down: Paul Budline’s World Record Handstand at 74

46,001 Push-Ups in 24 Hours: Charles Servizio’s Record
